Seamless woven cartridge-pocket.



PATENTBD APR. 18, 1905.

No. 787,851. 1 PATENTED APR. 18, 1905.

A. MILLS.

SBAMLESS WOVEN CARTRIDGE POCKET APPLIGATION FILED JULY 30, 1904.

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PATENT QFFICE.

SEAIVILESS WOVEN CARTRIDGE-POCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 787,851, dated April 18, 1905.

Application filed July 30,1904. Serial No. 218,939.

Be it known that I, ANSON MILLS, of the United States Army, retired, a citizen ol5 the United States, and a resident of lVashington city, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Seamless Ioven Cartridge-Pockets lorContaining Cartridges or other Articles, ol which the Vtollowing is a specification.

The characteristic of the pocket is that it is a seamless multi-ply woven-'fabric pocket the several plies of which constitute, respectively, the front and back walls ol the pocket as well as an interior partition which Vforms a division-wall between the front and rear walls of the pocket.

The pocket may be woven on and integral with a belt or bandoleer, or it may be woven separately and subsequently connected to its support by any suitable means` It may be used as a cartridge-carrier, and this is its Inain purpose; but it can also be employed as a receptacle Vtor any desired articles, and its size and dimensions may be varied according to the load it is intended to carry. It can be used, 'lor example, as a haversaek or the like.

VIn the drawings accompanying and forming part ot' this specification, to which reference will now be made for a better' understanding ol my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view ot a double pocket embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-section ol the same on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of one ot' the pockets on line 23 3, Fig. I. Fig. l is a diagrammatic sectional representation of the three plies, showing where they merge into one another to lorm the body fabric and where they branch ol'l to 'form the several component parts ol a pocket. There is a line between two adjoining plies wherever they are together, but this is only to del'ine the plies.

rlhe particular pockets shown in the drawings are designed to hold each `tour clips ot live cartridges, or twenty cartridges in all, two clips in each division of the pocket. In

each division ot' the pocket the two clips are placed one heads up and the other points up, so as to occupy the least possible space and to lie in compact mass.

The side edges a of the tabric,as well as the portion ol the l'abric intervening between the two pockets, may be considered the body fabric, in this instance a three-ply woven fabric. In weaving a pocket one ply, the inner' ply, will be used for the back wall c, the intermediate ply will be used `lor the partition (l, and the outer ply will be used lor the front wall c. In starting to weave a pocket the inner ply will be used lor the back wall c, while the other two plies` will be thrown into one of the side walls of the pocket, as atf, until the point is reached at which the partition (Z is to be formed. At this point one ol: the two plies (the intermediate) is thrown into the partition, while the other (the outer ply) continues in on the remainder ot the side, as atj", and thence in lront ol the wall c of the pocket. The weaving thus continues until the other side ol the pocket is reached, when the three plies are successively again consolidated and merged into the body fabric, the outer ply continuing on a portion of the side until it meets the point where it joins the intermediate ply, the two merging together to l'orm the remainder ol the side ol the pocket, until linally they join with the back ply to 'lorm again the body l'abric. The fullness which allows the formation of the side walls of the pockets, as well as the gathering in and closing of the pocket at its bottom, is obtained substantially in the manner set lorth in patent to T. C. Orndorfl', No. 666,687, of January 2E), 1001.

'lhe body fabric typified at c c may be extended any desired length as a belt or bandoleer and may be provided with as many pockets as desired, or I can weave the pockets separately or in groups and then provide them with means lor attaching them to a belt or other support-as, for example, the double pocket shown in Fig. 1 has metallic clips g passing through eyelet-holes 7L in the body labric and provided with inner hook ends adapted to catch over the edges olI abelt.

The pockets are preferably provided with suitable fabric covers fi, held closely by glovefasteners 7L', and 'for additional security, crossstraps Z for holding down the cover-flaps may be employed. The straps are con- IOO side walls of the pocket and merges into the same, said Side walls being formed for a portion of their breadth of the conjoined plies which enter into the partition and the front wall of the pocket, respectively, and, for another portion of their breadth, of the ply which enters into the front wall of the pocket, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof l aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANSON MILLS. Witnesses:

WV. LEE HELMs, Jos. J. MAWHINNEY. 

